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A PULSED X-RAY SOURCE USING K-EDGE TRANSITION RADIATION
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Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
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Fiscal Year: 1991Title: A PULSED X-RAY SOURCE USING K-EDGE TRANSITION RADIATIONAgency: DOEContract: N/AAward Amount: $500,000.00
Abstract:
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROGRAM IS TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF A NOVEL TRANSITION-RADIATION SOURCE TO PRODUCE A LOW-COST, LABORATORY-SCALE, INTENSE, PULSED X-RAY SOURCE. BY DESIGNING TRANSITION RADIATORS TO EMIT X RAYS AT THE FOIL MATERIAL K-SHELL PHOTOABSORPTION EDGE, THE X-RAY SPECTRUM IS NARROWED. THE SOURCE IS THUS QUASIMONOCHROMATIC (20 TO 50% BANDWIDTH), DIRECTIONAL, INTENSE AND USES AN ELECTRON BEAM WHOSE ENERGY IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THAT NEEDED FOR SYNCHROTRON SOURCES. BY USING A PULSED ELECTRON SOURCE, FOIL HEATING IS MINIMIZED AND HIGH-PEAK CURRENTS CAN BE OBTAINED. THE RADIATION PRODUCED CAN BE IN THE WARM (5 TO 15 KEV) AND HARD (>15 KEV) X-RAY REGIONS OF THE SPECTRUM DEPENDING UPON THE FOIL MATERIAL USED, THE FOIL THICKNESS, AND THE ELECTRON-BEAM ENERGY. PHASE I RESEARCH WILL BE TO DESIGN RADIATORS, DETERMINE THEIR THEORETICAL X-RAY FLUX AND DETERMINE EXPERIMENTALLY THE TOTAL OUTPUT POWER USING THE ROSS FILTER TECHNIQUE. BREMSSTRAHLUNG CONTAMINATION WILL BE CALCULATED AND MEASURED.Small Business Information at Submission:Principal Investigator:
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Dr. melvin a. piestrup
PRESIDENT
4153287337Adelphi Technology Inc.
285 Hamilton Avenue #430 Palo Alto, CA 94301EIN/Tax ID:DUNS: N/ANumber of Employees: N/AWoman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
Award Information
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Agency: Department of Energy |
Branch: N/A |
Award ID: 11594 |
Program Year/Program: 1991 / SBIR |
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Agency Tracking Number: 11594 |
Solicitation Year: N/A |
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A |
Solicitation Number: N/A |